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Thunndarr
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
And the one post where you posted that survey was talking about violence between spouses, not men beating women. Those figures include women beating men as well.
We were talking about WIFE beating. Focus Mr. Rapier focus. |
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Various terms are used to characterize the violence between intimate partners. For example terms such as spouse abuse, domestic violence, family violence, partner violence, intimate partner abuse, and battering are popular but they do not differentiate between men and women (Gelles 1995). These terms imply that men are as likely as women to be victims of spouse abuse and suggest that women and men initiate assaults on their partners at approximately the same rate (Straus and Gelles 1986). And roughly equivalent victimization rates have been found for married (e.g., Straus, Gelles, and Steinmetz 1986) and dating (e.g., White and Koss 1991) couples.
However, numerous other sources indicate that women are far more likely than men to be victimized. For example, a National Crime Victimization Survey in the United States (Bachman 1994) found that women were ten times more likely to be injured by their male partners than vice versa. The National Violence Against Women Survey (Tjaden and Thoennes 2001) found that 20.4 percent of women, as opposed to only 7 percent of men, were physically assaulted by their intimate partner at some point in their relationship; thus, women were almost three times more likely to report being victimized by their husband or boyfriend. This type of information supports the shift from gender-neutral terms to terms such as violence toward women, woman abuse, wife abuse, or violence against wives (Gelles 1995). |
So, for spousal abuse statistics, you can safely figure that 75% (3:1 ratio) to over 90% (10:1 ratio) of the cases involve wife beating. |
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Thunndarr
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:54 am Post subject: |
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I'm surprised anyone is arguing that spousal abuse in Korea is lower than in, say, the U.S. or Canada when pretty much every source of information I can find including anecdotal, gut feeling, and also the relevant statistics from reputable sources all indicate otherwise.
I would be interested in seeing some studies indicating that spousal abuse is lower in Korea, because, to be honest, I don't think any such studies exist, and if so, I really doubt their legitimacy. |
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rapier
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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I googled Kitty Genovese- sad story. I found this interesting about the behavioral analysis of the 38 witnesses:
One dynamic brought forth was the Bystander Effect. This theory speculates that as the ��number of bystanders increases, the likelihood of any one bystander helping another decreases.�� As a result, additional time will pass before anyone seeks outside help for a person in distress. Another hypothesis is something called the Diffusion of Responsibility. This is simply a decrease in the feeling of personal responsibility one feels when in the presence of many other people. The greater the number of bystanders, the less responsibility the individual feels. In cases where there are many people present during an emergency, it becomes much more likely that any one individual will simply do nothing.
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Dr. Karl Menninger, a world-renowned psychiatrist and founder of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, also spoke at the symposium. ��Public apathy to crime is itself a manifestation of aggressiveness,�� he told the audience. People turn away for a variety of reasons, including their desire ��not to get involved.�� |
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